Summer Event Features Raffle With Big Prizes and Cheap Beer Waikiki has Duke's on Sunday. Malibu has Duke's on Wednesday. At the former, it's a tradition so rich it even brings in locals to the beach's top tourist bar. At the latter, it's a place to hang loose with locals, enjoy cheap beer and win some darned good prizes. It's Big Wednesday and it's an annual … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Toronto’s Top 10 Best Patio Bars – Where To Drink & Party Outside
They are the adult playgrounds of Toronto, the prime gathering places in a city known as "The Gathering Place." When the sun is out – or even when the weather is marginal – Torontoians pack the patios of their city. It's as big a part of their lifestyle as hockey and consuming beer. And their choices are as plentiful as seats at a Blue Jays game. Patios at bars and … [Read more...]
Best Places to Party For The Fourth Of July Beaches & Lakes Are Top Destinations
It's red, white and blue time, and Americans are ready to show their true party colors for the Fourth of July in 2019. And the best places to party, according to PubClub.com, are at America's beaches and lakes. That's right. Wet and wild is the way to go this (and every) 4th of July. This is where the fireworks happen all day and night. Lake Travis, Texas. Geist … [Read more...]
Electric Daisy Carnival Succeeds in Las Vegas
Massive Three-Day Electronic Rave Event Is Right at Home in Sin City What Los Angeles didn't want, Las Vegas gladly accepted. What Los Angeles (and other cities, including Dallas this year) can't handle, Las Vegas treats as just another weekend. It may be Sin City, but there were few sins committed at the Electric Daisy Carnival, held the last weekend in June at Las … [Read more...]
Spice Up the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix With a Beer Garden
South Bay Events and Manhattan Beach Bars Would Benefit From Bringing in More Local Residents The action is good and up close for fans, but the event could use some brews. The Manhattan Beach Grand Prix - a cycling event with some notable world-renowned racers, including at least one teammate of Lance Armstrong during his incredible Tour de France wins – is a fine event … [Read more...]
Best Beer Deal in the South Bay Hermosa Beach Underground
Mug Night on Thursdays Would Make Homer Simpson A Regular Patron If you like beer – and lots of it – but don't like spending a lot of money, then the weekly Mug Night at the Underground Pub in Hermosa Beach is for you. Every Thursday evening, from 5-10 p.m., it's beer drinker's heaven. Buy a 22-ounce mug and feel it up for just $3 – yes, THREE dollars! – of Bud or … [Read more...]
Celebrity Sighting: Heidi Klum Jogging in NYC Photos
Supermodel Spotted Running Along Hudson River in New York City There's more than going to the gym that keeps Heidi Klum in shape. She likes to run, too. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and one of the Victoria's Secret Angels takes a jog along the Hudson in New York City this week. In the top photo, she appears to be running alone. In the bottom photo, taken the next … [Read more...]
No Fourth of July for Summerfest in 2011
World's Largest Music Festival in Milwaukee Runs June 29-July 3 and July 5-10 Summerfest – or The Big Gig, as it is known locally – is a summer institution in Milwaukee, a huge event that attracts 850,000 people. It's a mecca of music, ranging from contemporary to country, rock, pop, alternative, reggae, R&B. It's more versatile than Aaron Rodgers. In all, there are a … [Read more...]
The Deadliest Catch After the Catch Bar Is The Shack In Hawaii Kai
Location For Show Was Not in Waikiki But Along The Water in Hawaii Kai It looks like paradise, and after several weeks and two trips fishing for crab on the Bering Sea, it certainly is paradise. The location for the TV show Deadliest Catch recap show, called After The Catch V, is in Honolulu. And if you want go to there, here's the place. It's The Shack. This is … [Read more...]
$156,000 Bar Tab Is A Good Reason To Like Hockey
Cheers to the Boston Bruins Who Celebrate Stanley Cup Championship in Grand Style Obviously, I've not been giving hockey players enough credit. Because these guys can party! The Boston Bruins ran up a $156,000 bar tab at a Connecticut casino to celebrate winning the Stanley Cup. The total, one player said, "was was skewed a bit by the $100,000 bottle of champagne. But, hey, … [Read more...]
Liquor Trends: Bourbon Pouring It On The Trendy
Kentucky's Trademark Reaching Landmark Drink Sales I have a friend whom I've nicknamed "Ice." I gave him that nickname because when I met him, he drank Maker's Mark. Kentucky Bourbon. (Ice is from Virginia. Yes, a Southerner.) He would mix it with ginger ale. "Makers and ginger," he would say when it was my round at the bar. He would have nothing but Kentucky bourbon, not … [Read more...]
Are The Greek Islands A Safe Party Destination This Summer?
Unrest in Athens Raises Concerns but Mykonos, Ios, Santorini and Corfu Are Still Prime Places for the Summer Parting Scene The Greek financial crisis has caused more than concern for the European Union, it's put people on edge in Athens. So some travelers may be wondering if it's a good idea to vacation to the Greek Islands. Is it safe? Should you go elsewhere to … [Read more...]
A Solution to California’s Budget Deficit: Bars on the Beach
The State Could Make Millions From Allowing Beer and Wine Sales at Outdoor Concession Stands As California continues to suffer financially from a budget crisis, one solution to adding revenue is as clear as its blue skies: Allow concession stands at state beaches to sell beer and wine. Do this and, if the residents vote to legalize medical marijuana (which they nearly did in … [Read more...]
Tickets Now on Sale for San Diego Food & Wine Festival
Popular Annual Party Features A Day By the Bay and a Friday Night Party on the Hornblower Yacht Food and wine – plus plenty of beer and good times – await people who pair up beautiful San Diego with the annual San Diego Food & Wine Festival. The event is not until November – 16-20 to be precise – but tickets are already on sale. And it's a good idea to get them early so … [Read more...]
Don’t Blame Alcohol When Sports Fans Riot
Vancouver Canucks Post-Game Violence Shows an IQ Card Is Needed Instead of an ID Card to Drink Once again, sports "fans" have given their game, their city and their country a bad name. A few Vancouver Canucks nuts set fire to cars, threw rocks at store windows, and in general acted like English soccer fans after their team lost in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to the … [Read more...]
Sunset Music Festival 2011 Motley Crue Leads Bands Lineup
Annual Block Party On the Sunset Strip Also Includes Bush, Public Enemy and Robbie Krieger of The Doors The Sunset Strip Music Festival is bringing out it's "Wild Side" in 2011 by having Mötley Crüe serve as its headliner band. And there are sure to be plenty of "Girls, Girls, Girls." The annual party, which combines L.A.'s legendary music venues such as the Roxy … [Read more...]
Pusser’s Rum Painkiller Suit A Painfully Bad Mix
The Soggy Dollar Bar, Not Pusser's, Has Made The Virgin Islands Rum Drink Famous Nobody who goes to the the Virgin Islands goes to Pusser's for a Painkiller. We all know the place for that drink is the Soggy Dollar Bar. So why is Pusser's making such a big deal about a bar in New York using that name? And in response, bartenders throughout the city are boycotting using … [Read more...]
Sunday Bars Are Back in the South Bay Manhattan Hermosa Beach
The Legend of LaPaz, 12th Street, Chillers and Even Beach Bum Burt's May Be Back in the Beach Cities Are Sundays in the South Bay BACK!? From the look of things, it sure seems that way. First, local promoter Berry Bly created a party at Ocean Bar (1-7 p.m., $10), the first of which in mid-May was described as "off the hook" and "on fire." A personal inspection … [Read more...]
You Don’t Have to Be Homer Simpson To Drink Duff Beer
Product Associated With Simpsons Sitcom Flows Freely in Latin America Homer Simpson is onto something here. Perhaps that rot-gut Duff beer he loves on the Simpsons Fox TV sitcom isn't all that bad after, all. Because, according to a report in the Miami Herald, it's selling like electricity from the Springfield nuclear power plant in Latin America. Yes, THAT Duff beer. Well, … [Read more...]
Saint Rocke Hermosa Beach Band Review Sand Section Images
Local Manhattan Beach Band Rocks Saint Rocke South Bay Music Club There are good bands and there are entertaining bands. Occasionally, along comes a band that is both, and that's what's so fun about seeing Sand Section. The guys are tight, Jeff Nisen can flat-out play guitar (it would be great to see him cut loose with Little Jimmy at Pancho's), the congas add a nice flair … [Read more...]
Photos of Celebrities With MTV Movie Awards Gifts
Show is Sunday Night But Stars Arrive Friday To Canvass the Gifting Suite in L.A. The annual MTV Music Awards are Sunday night (June 5, 9/8) and the buzz among celebrities heading into the weekend is not on who or what will win, but on what's in the freebie goodie bags being given away to them. On Friday, the celebrities started showing up at the gifting suite in Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Manhattan & Hermosa Beach Bars Events Party Blog Report
South Bay Beach Cities Nightlife Information, Hot Happenings & Specials The bar scene in the South Bay Beach Cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach is dynamic, and while it pretty much remains the same it also has subtle changes, like the Pacific Ocean surf, from week to week. So this blog exists to provide updates on what the bars are doing, … [Read more...]